Lit Fibre UK Goes Live with 10Gb Broadband in Clacton-on-Sea
After just two months since it was first announced (here), broadband ISP Lit Fibre has today confirmed that the first homes are now starting to go live on their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the Essex (South East England) seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea.
The provider, which holds an aspiration to cover 500,000 UK homes by 2026 (the confirmed build plan so far will deliver to 100,000 homes), is also busy extending across a number of other towns including Corsham and Chippenham (Wiltshire), as well as Cirencester (Gloucestershire), Bishop’s Stortford (Hertfordshire), Sudbury (Suffolk), Evesham (Worcestershire) and soon Frinton-on-Sea (Essex) too.
Clacton-on-Sea residents who aren’t yet in the initial launch areas can register their interest on the provider’s website. Homes on their full fibre network currently pay from £23 per month on a 12-month term (£30 thereafter) for their unlimited 100Mbps package (includes a free install, symmetric speeds and a Wi-Fi 6 router), which rises to £39 (£65 thereafter) for 900Mbps (average).
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Tom Williams, CEO of Lit Fibre, said:
“We’re excited to be able to bring gigabit services to Clacton-on-Sea. We know how much the town has been suffering from poor broadband, being left behind by others who just talk of bringing better services here. Residents can now start to order symmetrical gigabit services and finally benefit from our reliable, consistent connections.”
Cllr Lesley Wagland, Essex County Council, said:
“Digital connections are a huge benefit to our residents and businesses and we’re delighted to see commercial operators rolling out gigabit broadband across the county at a fast pace. We look forward to working closely with Lit Fibre and will continue to support the important work they do.”
Work was also due to begin in the small nearby town of Frinton-on-Sea last month, but Lit fibre said they have taken the decision to postpone that build to “limit disruption to residents from multiple fibre operators already building networks in the town.”
Both towns currently appear on Openreach’s rival FTTP rollout plan (they’ve already reached some premises, albeit quite sporadically) and rival ISP Lightspeed Broadband have a similar ambition for the area.
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Work was also due to begin in the small nearby town of Frinton-on-Sea last month, but Lit fibre said they have taken the decision to postpone that build to “limit disruption to residents from multiple fibre operators already building networks in the town.”
most interesting this one
Lightspeed Broadband and BT Openreach supposedly have plans to lay fibre in Frinton:
https://www.lightspeed.co.uk/networkbuild
https://www.openreach.com/news/openreach-to-upgrade-thousands-across-the-east-of-england-to-full-fibre/#_edn1
Or maybe the residents have barricaded their railway gates to keep such witchcraft out. :o)
Oh sorry, I missed that Mark had mentioned that when I read it earlier.
Does anyone known what kind of ports would be provided on a 10 Gbit router? Would it be 10GBase-T, I.E. RJ45?
Very curious here.
In my experience it’s always optical.
What is the cost for 10Gb anyway? It’s not mentioned
So according to lit fibre, customers cannot have 10Gb connections, only their deployment supports it and therefore, will handle 1Gb customer premesis better then a standard deployment of pon. Therefore allowing a fully synchronous 1Gb.
In Sudbury they seem to be covering Great Cornard rather than Sudbury. County Broadband is deploying in Sudbury
So we will have a nation of millions of altnets which most will go bust because most people will stay with their existing provider which will likely use Openreach whether it is FTTP or FTTC. Its like having multiple Cable franchises in each area when there is only room/demand for one.
I can see the effort these companies are making but majority of the users barely need 50mb speed let alone 10GB!